Across
- 2. Mythical Latin American creature said to attack livestock.
- 4. Glowing Halloween decoration carved from a pumpkin.
- 6. Dusty strands often used as Halloween décor, real spiders make them.
- 9. Used to hold a taper, common in haunted mansions and dark corridors.
- 10. Terrifying dream, often linked to supernatural folklore.
- 11. Evil spirit or demon that consumes the flesh of the dead.
- 12. A marker for the dead, often found in graveyards.
- 14. Board game believed to communicate with spirits of the dead.
- 17. Guardian of tombs, popularized as a cackling TV host.
- 20. Practice of magical arts, feared and revered through history.
- 22. Framework of bones, often depicted dancing in Halloween imagery.
- 24. Traditional vehicle for a witch, also used for sweeping floors.
- 25. Illusion or specter, often confused with a ghostly presence.
- 26. Condition of no light, fertile ground for fear and imagination.
- 27. Creature that transforms under the light of the full moon.
- 28. Nocturnal creature of legend that drinks blood and avoids garlic.
- 29. Noisy ghost said to move objects around violently.
Down
- 1. Celestial phase associated with werewolf transformations and eerie nights.
- 3. Feline associated with witches and superstition, unlucky if it crosses your path.
- 5. Ghostly figure, often appearing suddenly and vanishing quickly.
- 7. Irish spirit whose wail foretells death.
- 8. Resting place for the dead, central to many ghost stories.
- 13. Meeting to communicate with the dead through a medium.
- 15. Ghostly entities or supernatural beings, sometimes invoked during séances.
- 16. A squash carved into lanterns for Halloween, often with a candle inside.
- 17. A large kettle, usually depicted bubbling with witches’ brews.
- 18. Another word for werewolf, from Greek origins.
- 19. Reanimated corpse often depicted shuffling and groaning.
- 21. A dwelling filled with supernatural activity, staple of Halloween attractions.
- 23. The doctor’s creation, often mistaken for the name of the monster itself.